Unit 2: To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization?

Question 1

Historical Globalization

Answer 1

• Period of globalization beginning in 1492 and ending in on 1945 after World War 11

Question 2

Cultural Contact

Answer 2

• Contact between people that leads to changes in both peoples cultures, way of life, etc.

Question 3

Depopulation

Answer 3

• Reduction of a population or culture
  Ex. Beothuk people of NewfoundLand

Question 4

Silk Road

Answer 4

• Oldest and longest trading route known to historians
• Linked China with the West

Question 5

Colonialism

Answer 5

• Practice of acquiring full or partial control over another country, occupying it with settlers and exploiting it economically

Question 6

The Columbian Exchange

Answer 6

• The exchange of diseases, animals, plants, and ideas between the Americas and Europe

Question 7

Imperialism

Answer 7

• Policy of extending a country’s power and influence over another country
  Ex. laying claims to territories inhabited by people, imposing political control, etc.

Question 8

What are the motivations for imperialism?

Answer 8

1. Gold
2. Glory
3. God

Question 9

Primary Source

Answer 9

• Original first-hand account of of event or time period
• Written or made close to the time of event
• Factual

Question 10

Secondary Source

Answer 10

• Second-hand account of event
• Analysis or interpretation of primary source

Question 11

Ethnocentrism

Answer 11

• Belief that European world-view is superior to all others

Question 12

Paternalism

Answer 12

• Treating or governing people in a fatherly way
• provoding for them without giving them any rights or responsibilities

Question 13

White Mans Burden

Answer 13

• Idea that it was the Europeans duty and responsibility to civilize all other people

Question 14

Sphere of Influence

Answer 14

• Area where a country holds exclusive trading privileges

Question 15

Protectorate

Answer 15

• Country who’s policy is controlled by another nation

Question 16

Indian Act

Answer 16

• Treaty that restricted Indigenous rights
  Ex. residential schools, wards, etc.

Question 17

Chinese Head Tax

Answer 17

• Tax imposed on all Chinese immigrants trying to enter Canada

Question 18

British East India Company

Answer 18

• Agent of British imperialism in India
• Started as an accusation of traders and later became a political power

Question 19

British Raj

Answer 19

• Period of direct British rule over India until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947

Question 20

Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 20

• Indian leader
• Pacisfist
• Challenged British rule over India

Question 21

Chanie Wenjack

Answer 21

• First Nations boy who died of hunger trying to walk 600km back home from a residential school

Question 22

Adam Smith

Answer 22

• Inventor of capitalism
• Critic of mercantilism

Question 23

Entrepreneurs

Answer 23

• People who take risks by launching business ventures

Question 24

Lais-sez-faire

Answer 24

• Policy or attitude of letting things take its own course, without interfering
• Capitalist favored

Question 25

Communism

Answer 25

• All people work for government owned and government run enterprises

Question 26

Exploitation

Answer 26

• Action of treating someone unfairly and benefiting for their work
  Ex. Pygmies

Question 27

Scramble for Africa

Answer 27

• Conflicting claims towards African territory during the New Imperialism period

Question 28

Pygmies

Answer 28

• Where several pygmies were forced to live in exhibits, museums, and zoos

Question 29

Industrialisation

Answer 29

• Stage of economic development were production shifts from home and small craft shops to factories

Question 30

Industrial Revolution

Answer 30

• Combination of social and economic changes resulting from the increased use of machinery
• Biggest changes were seen in Britain in the 18th and 19th century

Question 31

Why did Great Britain become the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 31

• By exploiting its citizens
  Ex. government did not regulate health or safety, child labour

Question 32

Cottage Industries

Answer 32

• Early stage of economic development in which workers produced a limited number of goods from their homes

Question 33

Who are the Chiapas?

Answer 33

• Population living in Chiapas, Mexico
• Many live in poverty and lack opportunity partly due to the Spanish Conquest 500 years ago

Question 34

Subsidies

Answer 34

• Financial help given by the government or public body to help out the people

Question 35

How did NAFTA impact the Chiapas?

Answer 35

• When signing NAFTA, Mexico agreed to ban subsidies on indigenous (Chiapa) farm co-operatives

Question 36

How did the Chiapas react to NAFTA?

Answer 36

• Adopted an approach of non-violence
• Invited people to see the poverty and desperation the Chiapas lived through
• Appealed for international support for their cause

Question 37

How did the government respond to the Chiapas efforts?

Answer 37

• Government has given more aid and attention to Chiapas then before
• schools, health clinics, etc. have been rebuild
• Government gave Chiapas land and provided loans for Chiapas farmers buying farm equipment

Question 38

Decolonisation

Answer 38

• Process of removing colonial control and granting independence to a country

Question 39

Redress

Answer 39

• Action intended to right past wrongs

Question 40

Affirmative Action

Answer 40

• Legislation that intentionally benefits a minority group